Grimes is all the rage , and I swear it happened almost overnight. If use Austin as a judge, I can tell you that she definitely had a good crowd on one of the smaller stages at Fun Fun Fun Fest in November, but the buzz was nowhere near what was going on just a few months later in the same town for SXSW (which was not long after she played a sold out non-festival show in Austin too). Of course that's because her great new album came out on 4AD over two months after Fun Fun Fun Fest, and less than a month before SXSW, Best New Music included, but still, she jumped high and fast.

Grimes didn't play that many shows at SXSW (adding to her demand) which is a good thing because she was really tired and sick (the kind of sick that makes you cough and stuff), as you can see and hear a little bit in the videos, one of which was filmed at her Urban Outfitters show, below.

HOWEVER, you don't need a ticket at all to get into the afterparty happening at Living Bread on Saturday night (3/24). For that you just need to be quick. First come, first served. 150 capacity. Grimes is DJing. Cadence Weapon is too (which is too bad cause he is a great rapper).

If you go to any of these shows, make sure you dance; Grimes likes it when people do, and in turn puts on a better show (or so she says in the video interview below).

Grimes is also in NYC this weekend for her own art show. A press release says:

The opening will present a collection of Boucher's paintings and drawings from the past few years - accompanied by works from two other Canadian artists, specially selected by Boucher for the show - highlighting Grimes's multifaceted nature not only as a musician but also as an audio-visual artist and curator of culture.

The opening is 6-9pm today (3/23), and then it's open Sat, Mar 24 from 3-9pm and Sun, Mar 25 from 12-5pm. The exhibit title is "Visual works by Claire Boucher + friends." The location is right near Mercury Lounge.

love how everyone complains about almost everything BV posts, and yet few (if any) would ever take the time to document as broad a range of music as this blog does. you all listen to shitty music, and i do too. no one cares about your opinion or mine. fuck yourself.

Liking Grimes is the same exact thing as being a Nickelback or Staind fan, just you live in a major urban center and thing you're cool, intead of living on a farm and thinking you're cool.

Actually, most of these "fans" are probably 1st year university students, fresh off the farm, gullible as all hell, falling for the 1st buzzband they find. She should just do porno and cut out the music part. Your life is a joke if you like this fake ass band.

I'm willing to bet not one person here has actuallybothered to LISTEN to the album this girls touring behind. The only 'hipster-poseur-sheep" here are the ones who are more concerned with her appearance or how "cool" she is then how good the music is.

1:06 - And when you actually reach sexual maturity and find a girl who is willing to touch you without money changing hands, you may not feel the need to anonymously post comments like "no titties, no talent" to mask your poor taste in music and 28-year-old virginity. Peace.

If anyone out here honestly thinks Grimes has even an ounce of talent, they are way too easily impressed. She sounds like a bad demo mode on an old Casio. Period. If people stopped supporting these horrible excuses for musicians, that are nothing more than the product of out of touch 'producers', we might actually force the industry to take an extra 5 minutes and look for REAL talent.

I also wish to address the comment asking a poster to explain the comment "if music doesn't translate we'll live then it isn't music". This is because ANYONE with money, studio time, expensive equipment and as many 'takes' as they like, can create a song easily. That makes you neither talented nor a musician. Music is created by musicians, who can display their craft flawlessly whenever asked. For example, a doctor should always be able to diagnose and treat patients...and a plumber should always be able to identify and repair leaking pipes. They can't just be good at their jobs sometimes, and sometimes seem like they have no training at all. They have to always know what to do or how to figure it out, that is why they have the 'title' they do. You can't give the title of musician to someone who can't produce music unless under very specific circumstance, it's ridiculous. And if you can't perform well live, but only in a studio with lots of time, then you're not a musician and therefore you are not creating music...just a lot of loops.